Page 28 of Spurred On

“I think so.”

“You think so? Damn it, Cade!”

“Yes. Okay? They left together.”

“And Tibby?”

Sidney’s stomach lurched at the mention of her name.

“No idea where she is.”

“Shit.” Cody scrubbed his face again and then he stilled, shot Sidney a glance. “Okay, thanks, Cade.” And without another word, he grabbed Sidney’s arm and tugged her around Cade, down the hall, and into the kitchen.

She had no idea why he was taking her to the kitchen, but decided to follow along without protest, and was glad she did when he turned another corner and pulled her up a narrow flight of stairs at the back of the rambling house.

“Is this your escape route?” she asked as they came out in the hall on the third floor.

“Shh,” he said. “She’ll hear you.”

“Who?” she asked, but he frowned her into silence. And then, to her surprise, he opened a door across from the landing and pushed her in.

It surprised her because she knew whose room this was, and it wasn’t his.

He closed the door behind him, locked it, and then paced toward her with an intent glimmer in his eye.

“Oh, no,” she said. “We can’t do it here.”

“We have to.” He pulled her into his arms and walked her backward toward the bed. The pink tulle-festooned bed.

“This is Claire’s room.”

“I know.” He began unbuttoning her blouse.

“She’s my best friend.”

“I know.” He knew, and apparently he didn’t care.

She grabbed his wrists until he made eye contact. “Cody, I can’t fuck you in Claire’s room. It would be weird. Why can’t we go to your room?”

“It would be weirder in my room,” he murmured, for he had begun nuzzling his way over her cheek toward her neck. She knew when he reached that spot, she’d lose all sense of sanity, so she needed to get through to him quickly.

“Why?”

“Hmm?”

Oh God, he was close. “Why would it be weird in your room?”

He lifted his head and met her curious gaze. “Because right now, Tibby’s probably in my bed.”

“What?”

“Naked.”

She made a face. “You’re ruining the mood, you know.”

“Not me. You’re the one who keeps interrupting.”

“Can I ask why Tibby is naked in your bed?” While he was attempting—very successfully—to seduce her in his sister’s? She had to shudder at the thought—Tibby in his bed. Her in Claire’s.